Monday, October 18, 2010

The NFL Blog: 2010 Power Rankings (After Week 6)

Power Rankings After Week 6

1. Baltimore 4-2 (1st)
2. Pittsburgh 4-1 (2nd)
3. New York Jets 5-1 (3rd)
4. New England 4-1 (4th)
5. Indianapolis 4-2 (5th)
6. Philadelphia 4-2 (8th)
7. Kansas City 3-2 (6th)
8. Atlanta 4-2 (7th)
9. Washington 3-3 (9th)
10. New York Giants 4-2 (10th)
11. Green Bay 3-3 (11th)
12. New Orleans 4-2 (12th)
13. Houston 4-2 (13th)
14. Minnesota 2-3 (14th)
15. Miami 3-2 (16th)
16. Tennessee 4-2 (18th)
17. Tampa Bay 3-2 (15th)
18. Chicago 4-2 (17th)
19. Cincinnati 2-3 (19th)
20. St. Louis 3-3 (24th)
21. Dallas 1-4 (20th)
22. San Diego 2-4 (21st)
23. Detroit 1-5 (22nd)
24. Arizona 3-2 (25th)
25. Denver 2-4 (27th)
26. Seattle 3-2 (29th)
27. San Francisco 1-5 (30th)
28. Jacksonville 3-3 (23rd)
29. Oakland 2-4 (26th)
30. Cleveland 1-5 (28th)
31. Carolina 0-5 (31st)
32. Buffalo 0-5 (32nd)

-Previous week’s rankings in parenthesis;

Minimal Change. After 5 weeks of constant movement up and down the rankings, things were very still in my power rankings this week. There were a lot of teams who either had a loss that wasn’t that bad or a win that was basically expected. 14 of the 32 spots in my rankings remained the same this week, and only a few teams made more than a minor move up or down.

Ravens Lose but they Don’t Drop. I kept the Ravens as my #1 team even though they lost to the Patriots because they lost by 3 in OT at Foxboro . Also, the Ravens had played a very tough 5 game schedule, while the Patriots were coming off of a bye.

Rising and Falling. The Rams made the biggest climb in my rankings this week, rising 4 spots from 24th to 20th after they beat the Chargers to get back to .500 at 3-3. Jacksonville took the biggest fall in my rankings this week. Now part of this could be that it was the last game we saw. The fact that I picked them to win and they didn’t even show up (and it made me 6-6-2 against the spread this week instead of 7-5-2) on national TV at home probably has a lot to do with it as well. They fell 5 spots in my rankings this week from 23rd to 28th.

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